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Breakthrough innovation transforms enterprise communications into actionable intelligence, mitigating misconduct, regulatory risk, and insider threats in real time SUNNYVALE, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE)-- Proofpoint, Inc., a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, today announced the launch of the industry’s first agentic AI solution for Human Communications Intelligence (HCI), marking a significant leap forward in how organizations detect, understand, and mitigate conduct and compliance risks in real time. Designed for enterprises in regulated and highly litigious industries, it transforms digital communications governance (DCG) from post-incident compliance to real-time, AI-powered risk reasoning, detection, and prevention, empowering organizations to act on human behavior before it becomes a compliance, security, or legal event.

Role-based skill development powered by labor market insights, connecting skills, jobs, and real-world impact MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE)--Coursera, Inc. (NYSE: COUR), a leading global online learning platform, today announced the launch of Skill Tracks, a data-backed learning solution mapped to specific occupations that guides learners from foundational knowledge to expert proficiency through verified skill paths. Powered by Coursera’s Career Graph, which uses millions of labor market data points, third-party competency frameworks, and a proprietary skills taxonomy, Skill Tracks precisely map the relationships between jobs, skills, and learning content, ensuring organizations can close skill gaps quickly.

Scale Venture Partners leads Series C as Motion's revenue rapidly grows with "AI Employees" launch SAN FRANCISCO — ( BUSINESS WIRE) — Motion has raised a total of $60M across Series B, Series C, and Series C2, bringing its total raised to $75M and a latest valuation of $550M. The majority of the funding comes from the $38M Series C, which was more than 5 times oversubscribed, led by Scale Venture Partners, with Series B and C2 pre-empted by insiders HOF Capital, 468 Capital, and SignalFire.

NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Unily, the award-winning employee experience platform (EXP), has announced the launch of Agent Orchestrator, a future-focused innovation designed to help enterprises navigate the rise of AI agents within the workplace. In an industry first, Agent Orchestrator will allow enterprises to centralize their chosen agents into a secure and seamless single-pane-of-glass experience that eliminates guesswork, increases safe AI adoption, and drives productivity for some of the world's largest and most complex organizations. " This is a pivotal moment for the EXP market," said Lokdeep Singh, CEO of Unily. " The next generation of employee experience will be defined by intelligent AI orchestration, not just content and communication.

LONDON--( BUSINESS WIRE)--Sapia.ai, the pioneer in AI-native hiring, today announced the launch of its Skills Intelligence API, a developer-first integration that embeds its science-backed skills intelligence directly into any system. With this launch, Sapia.ai expands from a standalone platform into the independent intelligence layer for the HR tech ecosystem.

Copilot AI powers Frontline OS for end-to-end frontline workforce workflows, delivering speed and scalability at scale SAN FRANCISCO--( BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fountain, the AI-native platform for managing the global frontline workforce, announced today the launch of Frontline OS, an AI-native operating system that automates hiring, onboarding and workforce management that is purpose built for the 2.7 billion frontline global workers. According to McKinsey research, “Losing a single frontline retail employee costs a retailer nearly $10,000.” This cost and other retention and hiring-related challenges extend into food and beverage, hospitality, healthcare, delivery, and other sectors with frontline employees.

Paradox's Candidate Experience Agent Delivers Superior Candidate Care, Accelerated Candidate Conversion and Time-to-Hire The Addition of Paradox Will Give Workday an AI-Powered Talent Acquisition Suite for Every Worker and Every Type of Work PLEASANTON, Calif., Aug. 21, 2025 / PRNewswire / -- Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), the AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Paradox, a candidate experience agent that uses conversational AI to simplify every step of the job application journey – particularly for high-volume frontline industries, which employ nearly 3 billion workers globally. The addition of Paradox will give Workday an AI-powered talent acquisition suite to help customers more efficiently find, hire, and onboard every type of worker – from the frontline to the back office – for every type of work, from full-time, to contingent. "Hiring is one of the most critical moments in the employee experience, yet too often it's slowed down by outdated processes and disconnected tools," said Gerrit Kazmaier, president, Product & Technology, Workday. "By bringing Paradox's candidate experience AI agent into Workday, we're giving organizations a smarter, faster, and more engaging way to connect with candidates.

20 August 2025, San Francisco, New York, Chicago, London, Melbourne, Sydney, Berlin, Belgrade – Culture Amp, the world’s leading employee experience platform, is delighted to announce the appointment of Paige O’Neill as Chief Marketing Officer. Joining the executive leadership team, O’Neill brings more than 20 years of CMO and marketing leadership experience at leading global B2B and mid-market SaaS companies including Oracle, Sitecore and Seismic, and Aprimo. "We are delighted to welcome Paige to the Culture Amp Executive team," said Didier Elzinga, CEO and Co-Founder of Culture Amp. “Her expertise in global marketing and focus on the storytelling at the heart of performance cultures make her an ideal leader as we continue our international growth and mission to create a better world of work for companies everywhere.” Drawing on her deep marketing expertise, O’Neill will further accelerate Culture Amp’s growth, with a focus on product positioning and storytelling, digital transformation, and brand and community building.

Fresh capital and newly appointed CEO to accelerate expansion of AI-powered document processing and workflow automation platform ST. LOUIS & NASHVILLE, Tenn.--( BUSINESS WIRE)-- KnowledgeLake, an AI‑powered enterprise workflow automation platform, and growth equity firm Edison Partners announced a majority growth investment of $65 million.

Strategic partnership drives skill mastery to accelerate business innovation London, UK – August 19, 2025 – HowNow - the AI learning and upskilling platform today announces a strategic partnership with Pluralsight, the leading technology skills development company. The new integration supports access to Pluralsight’s technology-specific learning content, enabling HowNow customers to accelerate upskilling and innovation in a rapidly changing environment.